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Bright Lights, Big Ass: A Self-Indulgent, Surly, Ex-Sorority Girl's Guide to Why It Often Sucks in The City, or Who Are These Idiots and Why Do

by Jen Lancaster

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Jen Lancaster hates to burst your happy little bubble, but life in the big city isn't all it's cracked up to be. Contrary to what you see on TV and in the movies, most urbanites aren't party-hopping in slinky dresses and strappy stilettos. But lucky for us, Lancaster knows how to make the life of the lower crust mercilessly funny and infinitely entertaining.

Whether she's reporting rude neighbors to Homeland Security, harboring a crush on her grocery store clerk, or fighting-and losing-the Battle of the Stairmaster- Lancaster explores how silly, strange, and not-so-fabulous real city living can be. And if anyone doesn't like it, they can kiss her big, fat, pink, puffy down parka.

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"Lancaster (Bitter Is the New Black) is a plus-sized, downwardly mobile Republican. She makes fun of disabled people. She cracks nasty about Anna Nicole Smith (granted, she was still alive at the time). She annotates her text with footnotes cheering herself on. When she's feeling particularly mean, she writes in her own 'pidgin Spanish.' But in spite of all her politically incorrect rantings, there are times when Lancaster is just too on-target to ignore. People who worry about Bush imposing the Christian lifestyle on everyone, for instance, should take heart from how he's raised his daughters — those 'twins are but a Jell-O shot away from starring in the presidential edition of Girls Gone Wild.' Even if readers can't altogether sympathize when Lancaster has to downscale her shopping 'Holy Trinity' from Bloomingdale's, Nordstrom and Neiman Marcus to IKEA, Target and Trader Joe's — they know what she means when she talks about the relentlessly cheerful sales staff at Trader Joe's, the tough-love staff at Target or how IKEA's going to take over America by keeping us all busy with Allen wrenches. Her humor is a bit like junk food — something you can enjoy when no one is looking." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)

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Jen Lancaster is the author of Bitter Is the New Black. She has lived in Chicago for ten years with her husband and pets, and has yet to get the hang of the subway or returning library books in a timely manner.
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daletwombly, April 1, 2009 (view all comments by daletwombly)
I loved this book, an easy read. Something to keep the happy factor up. It is hard after reading "Bitter", which has more of a story line. This one is like a columnist based book. Less abuse of the footnotes! I look forward to the new release of "Plaid".
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This book is by no means deep and provocative, but instead, laugh-out-loud funny and overall a great read.
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ISBN:
9780451221254
Subtitle:
A Self-Indulgent, Surly, Ex-Sorority Girl's Guide to Why itOften Sucks in the City, or Who are These Idiots and Why Do They All Live Next Door to Me?
Author:
Lancaster, Jen
Publisher:
NAL Trade
Subject:
Social life and customs
Subject:
Form - Essays
Subject:
Authors, American
Subject:
Humorous fiction
Subject:
Authors, American - 21st century
Subject:
Humor-Anthologies
Copyright:
2007
Edition Description:
Mass Market
Publication Date:
20070501
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
from 12
Language:
English
Pages:
400
Dimensions:
7.90x5.40x.89 in. .71 lbs.
Age Level:
from 18
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"Publishers Weekly Review" by , "Lancaster (Bitter Is the New Black) is a plus-sized, downwardly mobile Republican. She makes fun of disabled people. She cracks nasty about Anna Nicole Smith (granted, she was still alive at the time). She annotates her text with footnotes cheering herself on. When she's feeling particularly mean, she writes in her own 'pidgin Spanish.' But in spite of all her politically incorrect rantings, there are times when Lancaster is just too on-target to ignore. People who worry about Bush imposing the Christian lifestyle on everyone, for instance, should take heart from how he's raised his daughters — those 'twins are but a Jell-O shot away from starring in the presidential edition of Girls Gone Wild.' Even if readers can't altogether sympathize when Lancaster has to downscale her shopping 'Holy Trinity' from Bloomingdale's, Nordstrom and Neiman Marcus to IKEA, Target and Trader Joe's — they know what she means when she talks about the relentlessly cheerful sales staff at Trader Joe's, the tough-love staff at Target or how IKEA's going to take over America by keeping us all busy with Allen wrenches. Her humor is a bit like junk food — something you can enjoy when no one is looking." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
"Review" by , Jen Lancaster is the author of Bitter Is the New Black. She has lived in Chicago for ten years with her husband and pets, and has yet to get the hang of the subway or returning library books in a timely manner.
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